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The Misanthrope (Dover Thrift Editions)

By: Moliere,

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Publisher: Dover Publications: February 1992

Seller ID: 62136

ISBN: 0486270653

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Moliere understood profoundly what makes us noble, pathetic, outrageous and funny, and in his splendid comedies satirized human folly to perfection. One of the best of his plays -- and one of the greatest of all comedies -- is The Misanthrope, first performed in 1666, when the King of France himself had assumed patronage of Moliere's company, and the actor/playwright was at the height of his career.
Spotlighting the absurdities of social and literary pretension, The Misanthrope shows us a man who is quick to criticize the hypocrisies, inconsistencies and faults of others, yet remains...
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The Miser and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)

By: Moliere, Jean-Baptiste

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Publisher: Penguin Classics: February 1953

Seller ID: 98168

ISBN: 0140440364

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

This volume of Moliere's dramatic commentaries on society presents The Miser, a misguided hero who obsessively disrupts the lives of those around him. The School for Wives is newly translated for this edition and was fiercely denounced as impious and vulgar. Moliere's response to his detractors became The School for Wives Criticized. Even more alarming to critics was his version of Don Juan. In The Hypochondriac, he produced an outrageous expose of medicine.
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Author:Moliere,

The Misanthrope (Dover Thrift Editions)

The Miser and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)